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30 Aug 04 - 10:39 AM (#1259825) Subject: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: dick greenhaus There seems to be a startling lack of speculation about this. |
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30 Aug 04 - 11:08 AM (#1259834) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: The Shambles Is there a lack of speculation or a lack of a cup? There are now at least two of us speculating, (not a pretty sight). Perhaps Stanley has it? |
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30 Aug 04 - 11:09 AM (#1259835) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: The Shambles Just speculating........... |
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30 Aug 04 - 12:08 PM (#1259883) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: Bill D it being still August, I am not a bit surprised.... I'd be glad to speculate about the Stanley Steamer, though. |
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30 Aug 04 - 12:51 PM (#1259927) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: Stilly River Sage I heard a story on the radio last week that whoever it is who actually posesses the cup now tried to take it on a plane in a carryon bag, but a flight attendent left it behind saying it was too heavy. It's just under 40 pounds, is my understanding--that seems an odd excuse. Anyway, I think the party and the trophy were reunited. SRS |
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30 Aug 04 - 12:54 PM (#1259934) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: John MacKenzie Doesn't Ollie have a cup as well? Giok |
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30 Aug 04 - 12:55 PM (#1259936) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: Stilly River Sage Here it is (this from USA Today). Stanley Cup temporarily lost in luggage mishap Posted 8/23/2004 FORT ST. JOHN, British Columbia (AP) — The Stanley Cup spent Sunday night in luggage limbo. The fabled trophy disappeared during an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Fort St. John over the weekend when Vancouver airline officials removed it from the plane because of weight restrictions. Walter Neubrand, keeper of the Cup, was delivering the trophy to Jake Goertzen, head scout for the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. As the two waited by the baggage claim, it didn't take long for them to realize something was wrong. "We were waiting for it to come out," Goertzen said. "Everybody's bag was there, except the Cup." Air Canada agents checked the plane but there was no sign of the Cup or its special travel container. After a call to Vancouver, they learned the 35-pound Cup was sitting in the Vancouver airport's luggage area 750 miles away. It was too heavy to fly. Goertzen described the situation as a nightmare. "(Neubrand) told them specifically it was the Stanley Cup," Goertzen said. "He is just so distraught." Fitness gym owner Brent Lock, who had planned to view the Cup Sunday night, said he doesn't understand how Air Canada could have left it behind. "It's not like it's a brown paper bag; it's the holy grail," he said. "It's probably the most important non-religious artifact in Canada." |
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30 Aug 04 - 01:00 PM (#1259946) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: John MacKenzie Holy Grail is the most important non-religious artefact? It begs the question, "What is the most important religious artifact in Canada", and does it have anything to do with ice hockey? Giok |
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30 Aug 04 - 05:00 PM (#1260112) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: Little Hawk The Stanley Cup as we once knew it was devoured by a corporate oligarchy. They took over a once proud game, based on a genuine regional culture, and turned it into a gladiatorial spectacle. They expanded the number of teams and clubs until the game lost all relevance as a cultural expression and became merely another form of mass entertainment. The Stanley Cup lost its soul sometime in the 1970's and has become an empty symbol of something that once was real, but is no longer. |
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30 Aug 04 - 09:46 PM (#1260269) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: GUEST,Mooh Yeah LH, but I still cling hopelessly to the dream. Go Leafs Go! Peace, Mooh. |
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31 Aug 04 - 11:40 AM (#1260784) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: GUEST,newsman Last I heard, Stanley was wearing his cup... |
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31 Aug 04 - 10:40 PM (#1261256) Subject: RE: BS: What ever happened to theStanley Cup? From: robomatic So I was out walking during lunch hour in downtown Anchorage a couple years ago, and a bunch of black cars and a limo come down G Street and there's a big hullabaloo outside that great bar called (I kid you not) Darwin's Theory. And it's Scottie with the Stanley. I won't say I saw it treated with disrespect, but a great deal of familiarity was being shown. |